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More on Jesus My relationship with Jesus has changed considerably since my years as a pastor. These essays explore what remains—and what becomes possible—when we reconsider the relationship between the person, the stories, and the religion built around him. The above was reformatted into bullets by me and extracted from his post Fully Human. Terms […]
Continue ReadingThis is a transcript of Bart Ehrman’s answer to the question asked in the Q&A part of his intro lecture for the attendees to NINT 2026. Jen – Was the Revelation included because it was thought to be written by the Apostle John? Bart: That’s what I always used to think until I looked into […]
Continue ReadingThe Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology? By Jim Palmer from his email of September 4, 2026. All emphasis below is mine. Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. […]
Continue ReadingAll below is by Jim Palmer The Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology Jim Palmer, Sep 04, 2026 Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. They come from remarkably […]
Continue ReadingPost at BSA by Steve Hunsaker on 7/13/2026 in God, Faith & Theology. The Promised Land Is Not a Place What does “holy land” and “promised land” really mean, and what we lose when we make it literal You were handed these words as geography. The holy land: a strip of earth at the far […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT The Oxyrhynchus Hymn (P. Oxy. XV 1786) is the earliest known Christian hymn preserved with both lyrics and musical notation, generally dated to the late 3rd century CE. Audio Recordings YouTube performance with English subtitles https://youtube.com/watch?v=ksqqcBanAhs%3Frel%3D0%26playsinline%3D1%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fchatgpt.com%26enablejsapi%3D1%26widgetid%3D1%26forigin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fchatgpt.com%252Fc%252F6a297262-ded0-83ea-b5e3-1182e08573a7%26aoriginsup%3D1%26gporigin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fauth.openai.com%252F%26vf%3D1 Article with embedded audio/video performance Aleteia article on the Oxyrhynchus Hymn (includes performance) Images of the Manuscript […]
Continue ReadingJesus was not interested in creating Christians. Read More. Somewhere along the way, people replaced the challenge of embodiment with the safety of devotion. It became easier to worship Jesus than to live as he lived. Easier to admire the Buddha than to undergo the kind of inner confrontation his path required. Religion turned living […]
Continue ReadingBy Jim Palmer Before the extracts from his very good article, here is a clip from his article, The Bible After God: A Post-Religion Guide for Understanding the Bible “…theology isn’t the free search for truth, as much as a defense of an already held position. A lot of theological reasoning is circular, inevitably “proving” […]
Continue ReadingThis Post is Claude.ai’s summary of a transcript of the first 18 minutes of a video interview between host Derick Lambert and biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan, taken from a YouTube video. This part of the video was recommended by James Tabor as preparation for his 5/30/2026 Zoom meeting. The partial transcript is in Crossan’s […]
Continue ReadingFrom Jim Palmer here. What if Jesus showed up at church? There are ten things about the Christian church that I [Jim Palmer] believe Jesus would vehemently dispute if he returned: In this chapter, I [Jim Palmer] also include the top ten myths of “Churchianity:”
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